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subtracting

adjective as in minus

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Directors grow great by subtracting, not adding, and Eastwood does nothing for show, everything for effect.

Imagine subtracting a million to 1.4 million from whatever positive number we get this year.

Defense spending plunged 22.2 percent, subtracting 1.28 percentage points from the growth rate.

“Adding and subtracting material until Wallin was satisfied that the small baggie contained 3.5 grams,” the affidavit reports.

Take a case in Trigonometry—a Complement is what remains after subtracting an angle from one right-angle.

Subtracting this from the volume of the united river, we get 1201 cubic feet as the discharge of the Kubi-tsangpo.

Adding is a division of three and one and that would make four if all of adding was subtracting.

Subtracting the former from the latter will then give the number of those able to read and write.

Not that there was special harm in a little spelling, adding, or subtracting, but—the notions they and the teacher produced!

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to subtracting, such as: fewer, lesser, limited, lower, minor, and minus.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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